What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21742 and 21761?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21742 and 21761 is 1.

GCF(21742,21761) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21742 and 21761, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21742 and 21761.

How to find the GCF of 21742 and 21761?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21742 and 21761. After we will calculate the factors of 21742 and 21761 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21742

Prime factors of 21742 are 2, 7, 1553. Prime factorization of 21742 in exponential form is:

21742 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21761

Prime factors of 21761 are 47, 463. Prime factorization of 21761 in exponential form is:

21761 = 47¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 21742

List of positive integer factors of 21742 that divides 21742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1553, 3106, 10871

Step-4: Factors of 21761

List of positive integer factors of 21761 that divides 21742 without a remainder.

1, 47, 463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21742 and 21761. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21742 and 21761 is 1.

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